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Local Government: Library of Source Documents

Heritage Planning

Heritage BC is happy to provide the following library of resources for research and inspiration. Recognizing there are many approaches and methods to planning, these documents are offered as examples of the different types of documents produced in BC. It is important that your planning process is designed to suit your particular needs and your community’s aspirations. A plan is only successful if it can lead you to the goals and outcomes that are appropriate and needed for your situation.

Please contact Heritage BC if you have questions or you would like to recommend a document for this page.

Strategic Plans

City of Vancouver Heritage Program 2020

Snapshot of Heritage Conservation in 2017

District of North Vancouver Heritage Strategic Plan 2019

Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen Regional Heritage Strategic Plan 2015

Maple Ridge Community Commission Heritage Strategic Plan 2013

District of West Vancouver Heritage Strategic Plan 2006

District of West Vancouver Heritage Strategic Plan illustrated and abbreviated 2016

City of Victoria Heritage Strategic Plan 2002

City of Surrey Heritage Strategic Review Implementation Plan 2016

City of Surrey Heritage Strategic Review 2010

Port Moody Heritage Strategic Plan 2016

City of Port Coquitlam Heritage Strategic Plan 2010

City of Kelowna Heritage Strategy 2015

City of Delta Heritage Strategy 2017

City of Dawson Creek Heritage Strategy

City of Abbotsford 2005 Heritage Strategic Plan

Township of Langley Heritage Strategy 2012

Nanaimo Heritage Conservation Program Review and Update 2015

Requests for Proposals

Terrace Conservation Plan RFP

Heritage Management Plan RFP (Rossland)

Heritage Value Assessment Study RFP (New Westminster)

Heritage Master PLan RFP (Fernie)

Heritage Designation Program RFP (Okotoks, AB)

Heritage Restoration and Promotion Plan RFP (Midland, ON)

Action, Management, Revitalization and Sustainability Plans

Examples of Heritage Revitalization Agreements

  • City of Delta link
  • City of Kelowna link
  • City of Surrey link
  • City of Surrey link
  • City of Vancouver link
  • City of Vancouver link
  • City of Victoria link
  • District of Oak Bay link
  • District of Oak Bay: link
  • District of West Vancouver link

Revitalization Tax Exemptions: A Primer on the Provisions in the Community Charter

Related documents

  • City of Kelowna Tax Exemption Checklist link
  • City of Nanaimo Downtown Revitalization Tax Exemption Program link
  • City of Victoria Tax Incentive Program link
  • Heritage Designation Incentives I (Heritage BC) link
  • Heritage Designation Incentives II (Heritage BC) link
  • Port Moody Heritage Revitalization Tax Exemption link
  • Province of BC Municipal Partnering, Heritage, Riparian & Other Special Tax Exemptions link
  • Salmon Arm Revitalization Tax Exemption Program link

New Westminster Heritage Policy for the Use of Heritage Revitalization Agreements

Oak Bay, The Prospect Heritage Conservation Area Proposed Guidelines

City of Vancouver Heritage Action Plan (June 2017)

Vancouver Heritage Action Plan (Heritage Register System Plan

First Nations Heritage Conservation Action Plan

Revelstoke Sustainability Action Plan 2013

District of Saanich Heritage Action Plan 2007

Vancouver Chinatown Economic Revitalization Action Plan 2011

City of New Westminster Heritage Area Revitalization Guidelines

Commissions and Committees

Mission Community Heritage Commission Terms of Reference

Kitimat-Stikine Heritage Advisory Commission Terms of Reference

City of North Vancouver Heritage Advisory Commission Guidelines for Presentations

Conservation, Design and Alteration Guidelines

Conservation Guidelines for Modernist Architecture in the Victoria Region

City of New Westminster Heritage Area Revitalization Guidelines

City of Kelowna Adaptive Re-use Guidelines

District of Maple Ridge Heritage Maintenance Standards 2010

Nanaimo Heritage Building Design Guidelines

City of Victoria Design Guidelines Old Town

City of Vancouver Guidelines for additions, infill and multiple conversion dwellings

City of Victoria Sign and Awning Guidelines

Master Plans

Guilford (Surrey) Heritage Precinct Master Plan

District of Tofino Heritage Master Plan 2014

Policies, By-Laws and OCPs

City of Surrey Official Community Plan Heritage Policies 2013

City of North Vancouver 2013 Heritage Conservation Procedures Bylaw

City of North Vancouver 2013 Designation Policy

District of Maple Ridge Heritage Procedures Bylaw 2013

Kamloops Indian Band (Stkemlupsemc) Heritage Conservation By-law

Lower Nicola Indian Band Cultural Heritage Policy

Climate Adaptation: Making a Case
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Setting the Bar: A Reconciliation Guide

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